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02 Mar 06 - 01:54 PM (#1683408) Subject: Roll the old chariot along- or similar From: Bloke in the Corner Last week at our local session in Barrow, North Lincs, we all sang a really good a capella version of the song 'Roll the old Chariot along' (or some similar title.) Question is, does anyone know of such an a capella version of the song which is available for downloading? |
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02 Mar 06 - 01:57 PM (#1683412) Subject: RE: Roll the old chariot along- or similar From: Peace mp3 here. |
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02 Mar 06 - 02:02 PM (#1683413) Subject: RE: Roll the old chariot along- or similar From: wysiwyg Check our African American Spirituals permathread, where a group of Chariot Spirituals' links appear. You can find it with the Filter box set back about 90 days. ~S~ |
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02 Mar 06 - 02:08 PM (#1683416) Subject: RE: Roll the old chariot along- or similar From: Andy Jackson Hmmm.. seems more likely to be a song realating to the inability of a small amount of a certain Admirals vital fluids causing anyone permanent damage. Try a search for "A Drop of Nelson's Blood" Andy |
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02 Mar 06 - 02:31 PM (#1683433) Subject: RE: Roll the old chariot along- or similar From: Barry Finn Thanks Peace for the link Barry |
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02 Mar 06 - 08:04 PM (#1683724) Subject: RE: Roll the old chariot along- or similar-want MP3 From: Peace Welcome. |
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03 Mar 06 - 02:48 AM (#1684059) Subject: RE: Roll the old chariot along- or similar-want M From: Dave Hanson Being pedantic here, a capella means in the style of the church, it does NOT apply to sea shanties, which were mostly ribald and often obscene. In folk music the tradition is ' unaccompanied ' ie. no musical instruments, not a capella. eric |
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03 Mar 06 - 01:30 PM (#1684440) Subject: RE: Roll the old chariot along- or similar-want MP3 From: Bloke in the Corner Whoops, sorry Eric, my roots are in the spiritual not the secular. I thought any unaccompanied song could be described as a capella. To the others, esp. Peace, thanks for the info, I will make good use of it. Lawrie |
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03 Mar 06 - 01:33 PM (#1684444) Subject: RE: Roll the old chariot along- or similar-want MP3 From: MMario eric - while what you say is true (though I believe it is in the style of the "chapel" ) - in the US "a capella" generally means "unaccompianied" and used interchangeably with that term. |
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03 Mar 06 - 03:08 PM (#1684488) Subject: RE: Roll the old chariot along- or similar-want MP3 From: wysiwyg From Peace's link above: "Roll the Old Chariot Along" has direct connections with black folk music of the nineteenth century, appearing in most of the standard collections of spirituals (Dett, pp. 192-93; Fenner and Rathbun, pp. 106-7; Johnson, pp. 110-11). Sandburg published a variant (pp. 196-97), and it has also been noted by collectors of shanties, including Hugill (pp. 150-51) and Doerflinger (pp. 49-50, 357). A version of this was sent to Gordon by an Adventure reader (3758) and he collected another text in California (Cal. 243). There were many black sailors on the crews of nineteenth-century vessels. They brought with them traditions of work songs, and their songs, religious and secular, were usually rhythmic and thus suited for the many kinds of gang labor needed on the big sailing ships. Gordon devoted a chapter in Folk-Songs of America to "Negro work songs from Georgia" (pp. 13-19). ~S~ |
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03 Mar 06 - 03:12 PM (#1684492) Subject: RE: Roll the old chariot along- or similar-want MP3 From: wysiwyg Oops, here's the lyric from that site: ROLL THE OLD CHARIOT ALONG [MP3 file] Gordon cyl. 50, ms. Cal. 104A Anon Bay Area, California Early 1920s Roll the old chariot along And we'll roll the old chariot along And we'll roll the old chariot along And we'll all hang on behind. If the devil's in the way, We'll roll it over him If the devil's in the way, Why we'll roll it over him, If the devil's in the way, We'll roll it over him. And we'll all hang on behind. ~S~ |